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Mother's Day Breakfast
Please join us Sunday, May 14th for a Mother's Day breakfast. Along with some of our usual favorites, we will also serve up yummy strawberry shortcakes with whipped cream. Gather in the Glover room after the 9:30 service to enjoy good food, fun and fellowship.
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Preparing for Mother's Day
"Traditionally, the colors of the beautiful carnation carry different meanings on Mother's Day: white carnations honor a mother who has died, while pink ones celebrate a mother who is living.
On Mother's Day we will have pink and white carnations for all the mothers. Ladies, please select a pink or white carnation upon leaving the sanctuary. They are available at either exit...take whatever color you wish!
Happy Mother's Day!"
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Adult formation program on John's Gospel
Theologian David Flood studied the Gospel of John for eighteen years as he worked on a book that would become The Gospel of John: A Theological Commentary. He wrote, "What John's Gospel gives is not answers to all the questions (on many it gives far less explicit guidance than do other parts of the Bible) but a clear pointer to how to seek answers: be part of a community within which you can think through the issues with others by reading Scripture and engaging afresh with the drama of Jesus, living, thinking, and breathing in the spirit of that drama, and abiding in him, be open to being led further into the truth." Join some of your brothers and sisters at Trinity at 11 am on May 7 in the Johnson Library. We will read John's prologue aloud and talk about what we think it means. We hope to move on to John's narration of the Passion of Christ. You won't have any homework and can come to either or both of the sessions.
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This year's giving envelopes have finally arrived, and can be found in the rear of the sanctuary. If you would like envelopes and don't see yours, please email Kim. | |
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The property commission is inviting people to a Spring Clean Up of the church property Saturday, May 20th beginning at 9:00am. Tasks will include wedding the flower beds, lightly trimming trees and bushes, and power washing paths. Please feel free to bring pruning shears and loppers. We will meet in the church parking lot.
Thank you so very much,
Patrick Corrigan
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Spring is a beautiful time in the life of the music ministry at Trinity! We begin our Thursday choir rehearsals in a sunlight-filled choir room as the days are getting longer, and the music we are working on is equally bright and happy as we complete this joyous Easter season and look toward Pentecost. With only seven more choir Sundays of the season to go, we are able to spend more time on each anthem, and we reflect on the months of music behind us. It has been a journey for this faithful crew!
We also are looking forward to another collaboration with the Connecticut Choral Society on June 10th with John Rutter’s Mass of the Children, and - speaking of children- there will be an opportunity for our young friends in Church School to sing a special (and easy) song as a group on June 11th. If your little one would like to be a part of the fun, let Miss Frances or me know.
There are many opportunities to be a part of the music ministry at Trinity this spring!
Join Us!
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On Sunday, 5/14, we welcome a special guest, George Duncan. George is an artistic portrait photographer and he has graciously volunteered to share his God-given gift with us! George will take portraits of each church school student. Kids can choose what kind of photograph they would like taken: anywhere from silly to serious, with or without props. Photos are for each respective family's use and will not be shared or used by the church in any way. | |
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Upcoming Dates to Remember:
5/14, Portrait session AND Mother's Day breakfast
6/4, Family hike (afternoon event held by the Trinity Youth Group)
6/11, Ice Cream Party AND final day of church school
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The Trinity Parish Care Team would like to begin a new ministry and refresh an existing one. We are looking for volunteers for:
Friendly Visits: casual visits with parishioners who can no longer join us in person and miss the social interactions.
“Thinking of You” Cookie Coordinator: looking for someone who will coordinate the team as volunteers make, package and deliver cookies to various parishioners. Team members will volunteer for all these tasks, we just need someone who can coordinate it.
Our next meeting will be a potluck lunch in the Johnson room on May 20, 11:30-1pm, where we will discuss these ministries and all our others (meal making, rides, calls, prayers). All are welcome to join us. For more information or any questions, please contact Cindy Anderau at cindyanderau@gmail.com.
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Help a Refugee Family Get a Fresh Start in our Community
Imagine the courage it takes to flee, leaving behind your loved ones, language and culture and relocate to a foreign country, sight unseen. Imagine doing so with young children. Now imagine doing so without money.
Newtown’s Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement (IPRR) is settling a brave, hard-working refugee family from Latin America. Please help this family get established in our area by making a generous contribution. They have immediate household expenses to cover like food and rent. While the parents are working now, they need English classes, drivers licenses and a car so that they can work in the fields they were trained for in their home country. Like most refugees, they also need to pay back a sizeable travel loan they received from the International Organization for Migration to get here.
Show them what a welcoming, supportive community we are by giving generously. All funds donated until May 31 to Newtown’s Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement (IPRR) will go to this family. Trinity Episcopal Church will collect the funds on behalf of IPRR. Making an online donation is fast and secure at www.trinitynewtownct.org/iprr
Refugees are people who have been vetted and accepted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the US government to seek refuge from persecution, war, or natural disaster. Newtown’s Interfaith Partnership for Refugee Resettlement (http://www.iprefugeer.org) has partnered with Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) in New Haven ( https://www.irisct.org) to welcome and support this amazing family.
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2nd Annual Growing Hope Forging Peace
A CALL TO CHANGE AND ACTION — FOR GOD’S PEOPLE WEARY OF GUN VIOLENCE
Overnight Program: May 12-13, 2023
Day Program: May 13, 2023
For Middle and High School Youth - Overnight Program:
Come to Camp with old friends and meet new friends as we come together for a WEEKEND OF HOPE AND TRANSFORMATION. We will gather at Camp on Friday at 6:00 pm for an evening of engaging conversation and discussion with Shane Claiborne, beating of guns into plowshares around the forge, group art projects, and time to chill and talk around the campfire. Saturday morning, we will wake up to breakfast and time to wrap up our work from Friday night, as we welcome the larger community to join us for a day of testimony, reflection, experience, and ACTION! Our day will end with a time of worship, prayer, and a picnic lunch.
Registration is required.
Open to All Ages- Saturday Program:
Join us for a day of testimony, reflection, experience, and ACTION!
We will gather around the forges as we transform guns into gardening tools and art. Offering songs of praise and prayer, and hearing words shared by victims and survivors of gun violence. Shane Claiborne- our keynote speaker will offer words of change and a call to action. We will work on art projects and gather in thoughtful conversations around mental health, safe gun storage and suicide prevention. We will offer our hurts, hopes and dreams to God in song and worship, and end our day with a picnic lunch. This day is open to ALL God’s people, of all beliefs and ages.
Registration is required.
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Christian Yoga
Trinity Episcopal Church is holding Christian Yoga classes 6 pm - 7pm in the Glover Community Room, on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Led by Erin Lutz, a registered yoga teacher, Christian Yoga will blend yogic movements and breath work with scripture readings and prayer. Participants are asked to bring a yoga mat, water bottle and any props, such as yoga blocks. Participants are also asked to arrive ten minutes early so the class can start on time. Additionally, classes will be available via Zoom. No yoga experience is necessary and all ages are welcome. Free will offering is voluntary and may be made in person or by Venmo.
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The Church Nursery is OPEN
We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with Wee Care Nanny Agency. This means that Trinity's nursery will be open consistently, every Sunday, from 9:15 - 11:15am.
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Praise and Thanksgiving
For those requesting our prayers
Arlene, Maureen, Janet, Rick, Marie, Jennifer, Joyce, Jacky, Gail,
Laura, Alveta, Bode, Gracie, Erin, Ann, Dick, Annabella, Martha,
Daniel, Elaine, AnnMarie, Beverly, Mason, Marian, Cassie, Jamie, Sarah,
Rogelio, Linda, Barbara, Megan
For those celebrating a birthday this week
Sue Roman, Sally DeLoughy, Benjamin Grummons
If you are worshiping with us from home, feel free to contact the office for a hymnal.
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